Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its Supply Chain Matters outreach blog highlights a recently published survey sponsored by Accenture that provides findings indicating that companies are indeed investing in supply chain resiliency capabilities to mitigate business disruption. In 2022, more U.S. supply chain activity. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 26, 2022

Today’s report indicates that the proposed Oklahoma production facility, if consummated, would serve as a twin to a previously announced Kansas facility. Reportedly, the State of Kansas is providing upwards of $700 million in rebates and tax incentives as an incentive for selection of the Kansas facility. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2023

In a prior Supply Chain Matters blog commentary published on Monday of this week , we highlighted that commercial aircraft fuselage, structural component, and engine pylon supplier Spirit AeroSystems has reached a tentative agreement in labor contract renewal talks with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2023

Spirit announced it will begin restoring operations at its Wichita , Kansas facility today, Friday, June 30, and begin to fully resume production on Wednesday, July 5., Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. after the traditional 4 th of July holiday in the U.S.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In terms of next day delivery, it is difficult to supply a consumer in Florida a food product tomorrow produced in the middle of Kansas if that is their only facility. This ripples through the entire process as it alters manufacturing operations and the supply and procurement of ingredients.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. All rights reserved.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

My previous blog post explains why the flexibility of human workers will play a critically important role in the automated workplace of the future. For example, Kansas-based Invista Inc., Supply chain management is a people business and will remain that way even amid the rise of AI and automation.

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